Colorado

Standard & Poor's downgraded Colorado-based nonprofit healthcare giant Catholic Health Initiatives to A from A-plus and retained a negative outlook in a Dec. 15 report.

The Colorado Aeronautical Board will provide only $3 million in airport grants in 2015, a fifth of the amount originally planned, officials said.

Colorado State University President Tony Frank said he now supports plans to build a $195 million stadium on the Fort Collins campus through a combination of donations and revenue bonds.

Denver International Airport's South Terminal hotel will cost no more than $600 million after a series of overruns ballooned the budget beyond its original $500 million, DIA chief executive Kim Day told the City Audit Committee on Nov. 20.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing two bond issues sold in 2007 by Colorado authorities for a university and a health care borrower.

Warnings of a "death spiral" for regulated electric utilities caused by distributed generation such as rooftop solar panels are premature, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Colorado lawmakers did not violate the Colorado constitution by reducing cost of living adjustments for retired public employees, the state Supreme Court ruled.

Colorado's Public Finance Associates will become part of Minnesota-based Ehlers Companies in the wake of new regulations that could prove challenging for smaller firms.

Colorado State University has fallen short of the $110 million of donations required for building a new football stadium, according to CSU president Tony Frank.

Denver's highly-regarded National Jewish Health system has lost its Standard & Poor's investment-grade rating, falling to BB-plus from BBB-minus.

Nearly 20 years after the airport opened, Denver International Airport is restructuring variable-rate debt as part of a deal that adds a decade to the lease of its major carrier United Airlines by reducing carrier operating costs.

A growing number of school districts are showing signs of fiscal stress, acoording to a report from the Colorado State Audtor.

Marijuana legalization has failed to live up to the hype in terms of its impact on state economies, according to the three major rating agencies.

Texas emerged as the top state in bond volume in the first half of 2014 as issuance across the Southwest rose 1.9% compared to the same time last year, data from Thomson Reuters shows.

A bitter campaign over limiting oil and gas operations in Colorado is sidelined by Gov. John Hickenlooper's deal with environmentalists and energy producers.

Denver's fifth annual attempt to popularize its debt among its citizens proved successful with $12 million of "Mini-Bonds" sold in about an hour.

Oil and gas producers in Colorado won a significant legal victory Thursday, as a state district court struck down a local on hydraulic fracturing within city limits.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will leave a decision on statewide oil and gas drilling restrictions to voters instead of calling a special session.

For the fourth year in a row, Colorado will issue $500 million of top-rated notes to cover cash flow.

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the A1 rating on Denver Airport Enterprise's $3.72 billion of revenue bonds and raised the outlook to stable from negative.